Mesenteric ischemia, NOS
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Mesenteric ischemia, NOS |
ICD10 code: | K55.9 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Ischemic Bowel, Mesenteric Infarct/Thrombosis |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Peripheral vascular disease |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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Additional Info
NOS in this case means that it is not clear if the condition is Mesenteric ischemia, acute or Mesenteric ischemia, chronic.
Ischemic gut guideline
There are separate codes for different parts of the ischemic gut:
- The following 3 items refer to ischemia of the intestines, including small bowel (including duodenem), or colon, rectum, anus
- For ischemia of the stomach -- use Disorder of stomach or duodenum, NOS
- For ischemia of the liver -- use Disorder of liver, NOS
- For ischemia of the esophagus --- use Disorder of esophagus, NOS
- Thus, these various codes variously cover the following concepts:
- "ischemic bowel"
- "ischemic gut"
- "mesenteric arterial thrombosis, embolism or thromboembolism"
- "mesenteric vein thrombosis, embolism or thromboembolism"
- "mesenteric arterial atherosclerosis"
- But these codes do NOT include:
- The cause of that ischemia/infarction. As usual, if the cause is known, link the code for the cause to the relevant code as above for the ischemia, e.g: Atherosclerosis of arteries, NOS, Thrombosis or embolism of artery, NOS, Septic Thrombosis or Embolism, NOS, Disorder of artery/arteries, NOS
- GI arterial disorders in the absence of mesenteric ischemia/infarction.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Mesenteric ischemia, acute
- Mesenteric ischemia, chronic
- Duodenitis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis), bacterial, NOS
- Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis), viral
- Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis), protozoal, NOS
- Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis, colitis), bug NOS
- Colitis, enteritis, entercolitis, or gastroenteritis, noninfectious NOS
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